On Thu, 24 May 2007 15:33:14 +0100, "Jan" wrote:

RonSonic wrote:
On Thu, 24 May 2007 13:25:30 +0100, "Jan"
wrote:

The following has been drafted by a member of the Eurosport Cycling
forums. It is suggested that it be sent to the UCI .
Although we disagree with doping. This does seem a logical way to
instantly clean the sport up,- while there is still time. Please
forward to the the UCI. It might just work!!

thanks

Jan



I would like to propose an idea of an amnesty for drug takers in the
sport. As is plainly obvious, the current system is not working, with
credibilty in cycling diminishing day by day. Therefore, I feel that
an amnesty would be a good option. It allows those who have doped in
the past to come out and admit it, without fear of being reprimanded
and sponsors pulling out, as is happening right now. Give them until
a date to get clean, then anyone caught should be thrown out of
cycling for good. This gives them no excuse and can make cycling
credible again. I would dearly love to see clean riders battling it
out heart and mind against each other in the knowledge that this is
their physical limits and they really are trying.

NO.

The "throw 'em out for good" policy is why we've got this goddamn
mess in the first place. We already have that. Look at a calender and
a racer's career expectency the present policy is about the same. By
the time a guy is winning races he's in the fat part of his career
and a 2 + 2 ban will have him out of it and over.

I'm not to hot on American- English but
I do believe you are agreeing with us, on that point.

No, I am very strongly disagreeing with the idea of a permanent ban. It is
counterproductive.

If a doping charge ends a rider's career then no rider will ever
admit or give evidence against another.

That's why we propose an amnesty

And what about next year or the year after and five years after that. A
draconian penalty that is rarely enforced and difficult to enforce will have
poorer results than a mild penalty that is easy to enforce reliably.

How about just develop an intelligent, comprehensive and reasonable
policy the way other professional sports have and enforce it
consistently, professionally and without Dick Pound public
accusations without evidence. Leave out the drama.

Like in Athletics, Baseball and American football? ;-)

Yes. All of those have drug problems - all of humanity has drug problems. But
all of which have far less drug problem than does bike racing. That they are
imperfect and serve up the occasional scandal does not make them bad examples
for a sport that seems to live in a state of perpetual disgrace.

Baseball, Football, Metric Football have nothing like the disaster that cycling
is going through.


Ron

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